From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Mar 22 07:56:37 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA12725 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 22 Mar 1996 07:56:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from psiint.com (vv.psiint.com [204.189.53.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA12720 Fri, 22 Mar 1996 07:56:25 -0800 (PST) Received: by psiint.com (8.6.12/4.03) id HAA57444; Fri, 22 Mar 1996 07:53:21 -0800 Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 07:53:21 -0800 (PST) From: Dave Walton To: "Andrew V. Stesin" cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, sos@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Strange lockup problem In-Reply-To: <199603212108.XAA03313@office.elvisti.kiev.ua> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 21 Mar 1996, Andrew V. Stesin wrote: > [... kbd lockup when switching consoles ...] > > # Any idea what the underlying problem is, and what the cure might be? > > Strange hardware. I remember the rumours this has something > to do with updating the state of kbd "status" LED indicators, > and some brand of kbd controller chips on the MB which has > problems with this. Who would know what brand that is? > Another source of strange problems > often is hidden in a slightly misconfigured BIOS. Ah, I wish this were it. Too bad this system has a Phoenix BIOS, which is barely configurable in the first place. Nothing like AMI... > Probably the author of the driver can tell you more detais, > I'm sending the copy to him. Great, thanks! > # I'll try these, but all they will do is FIX the problem. I need to AVOID it. > > Please remember, FreeBSD is a _volunteer_ project. :-) You bet. And it's an incredibly professional bunch of volunteers, too. I feel better with an operating system where I can actually chat with the people that wrote the code, rather than one where I have to make a toll call to talk to some support flunkie who probably doesn't even know how the system works inside. > Let's wait what the author of keyboard driver will tell us. Good idea. Standing by... Dave ========================================================================== David Walton Unix Programmer PSI INTERNATIONAL, Inc. email: dwalton@psiint.com 190 South Orchard #C200 Fax :(707)451-6484 Vacaville, CA 95688 Phone:(707)451-3503 ==========================================================================